The Board of Supervisors finds that stolen property has been, and is presently being, sold or traded at public gatherings known as “swap meets;” that innocent purchasers are thereby defrauded; that the opportunity to dispose of stolen property with little risk of detection encourages crime and juvenile delinquency; that the Sheriff of San Bernardino County is unable to control the sale of stolen property or to recover it for its owners without a means of control such as that set forth in this Chapter; that the immediate preservation of the public peace and safety required this Chapter to be passed as an emergency measure.
(Am. Ord. 1125, passed - -1963)